The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul. The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

The generous abundance of her passion, without guile or trickery, was like a white flame which penetrated and found response in depths of his own sensuous nature that had never yet been reached.

Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.

She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.

There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

Have you ever heard the earth breath?

She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.

but whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself.

The next day was wonderful...and terrible. So, overall, I guess it was okay.

Nick chided a censor, who wished some books gone, and suggested she scan Fahrenheit 451. For the book-budget cutters, Old Claus had no plan, cause if they could read, they just read Ayn Rand.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Freedom is a universal value.

Hearts don't break, y'all. They bruise and get better.

Purity strikes me as the most mysterious of the virtues and the more I think about it the less I know about it.

It was not the violence of our enemies [in World War I] that would undo us, I thought, but our own spiritual weakness, the shallowness of our convictions.

Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana.

The way to art was not to think too clearly, not to plan things out, but to follow where your heart and emotions led.

The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.